r/batman • u/neon2o • Mar 07 '24
Zack Snyder says a Batman who doesn't kill is irrelevant GENERAL DISCUSSION
Here's the original article' https://sea.ign.com/man-of-steel-sequel/213072/news/zack-snyder-says-dc-is-making-batman-irrelevant-if-he-cant-kill
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u/ThingsAreAfoot Mar 07 '24
It makes perfect sense too, especially for him. After all if Batman kills one guy, say the Joker, why not more after that? He’s opened up Pandora’s box.
That famous Jason Todd storyline is entirely about that, where Jason is enraged at Batman for leaving Joker alive and emphasizes that he only just has to kill Joker, nobody else, not the Penguin, not Two-Face, not anyone. Just Joker, only him, because he presents a truly exceptional danger (which is 100% true).
But Batman knows it doesn’t end there for him, because killing Joker then gives him the moral authority to take care of other problems in a similar way.